Medical News

To better address all aspects of patients' health, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is thinking differently. "Think beyond the individual patient office visit," said Janet Albers, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine. "Health workers must take a population health approach to caring for patients. That means understanding how [...]

Abhishek K. Kulkarni, MD, has joined the faculty of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine as an assistant professor in the division of cardiology. He is also a member of SIU HealthCare, the School's group practice. Before joining SIU, Kulkarni completed a cardiovascular fellowship and internal medicine residency at Guthrie Clinic/Robert Packer Hospital (2016, 2012) [...]

Gurpreet Mander, MD, MBA, has accepted the position of Chief Medical Officer at St. John’s Hospital. Dr. Mander joins St. John’s after being with SIU School of Medicine since 2005 where he rose to the position of Associate Professor of Pediatric Critical Care. He graduated from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University in 1990 and [...]

Memorial Home Services Hospice will offer training in October to people who are interested in serving as volunteers. Volunteers work with patients and families in 14 counties throughout central Illinois. More than 75 individuals currently serve as volunteers for Memorial Home Services Hospice, helping with a wide range of duties, such as providing companionship to [...]

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois (RMHCCI) is pleased to announce the hire of new Development and Communications Coordinator, Johanna Moll. Moll will work with the Executive Director, Kelly Thompson, and the Board of Directors to achieve the organization’s annual fundraising and communications goals. She will have an integral role in the development, coordination, [...]

Sponsorship and designer opportunities are still available for Memorial’s 25th anniversary Festival of Trees, “Glitter and Glisten.” The Festival will be held Nov. 22-30 in the Orr Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Available sponsorships start at $400. Sponsor benefits include one of the decorated items on display at the festival, signage and advertising, and [...]

Land of Lincoln Health (LLH), Illinois’ first and only consumer-operated and -oriented health insurance plan (CO-OP), announced today that it has received accreditation from the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Chicago and Northern Illinois. Accreditation by the BBB is based on a number of factors including embodiment of integrity, security of sensitive data, responsiveness to [...]

Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) today announced that Dr. Raymond Gensinger has accepted an invitation to serve as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS). Dr. Gensinger will begin his services with HSHS on August 18. He succeeds William Montgomery, who retired as CIO on July 11. In his position, Dr. Gensinger [...]

The Orthopedic Center of Illinois Foundation (OCIF) today announced that Illinois Senior Olympics was selected to receive $20,000 as the beneficiary for the 11th Annual OCIF Open: Chip in fore Charity. The community impact grant will be funded through proceeds from the OCIF annual golf outing scheduled for September 15 at Illini Country Club. “We [...]